When no one else knows how I feel...

So I'm having a seriously mixed time taking care of things. I played on the computer well into the morning on Tuesday, and ended up sleeping until 3pm. Another day heading for the "wasted" bin. I decided to spend the evening with my girlfriend, so we headed out to Columbia mall. The night wasn't all bad, but we spent a lot of the time in thought and quiet reflection. I also spent a large amount of the time off in the restroom (still not feeling 100% yet I suppose). It's clear that we both struggle with waiting for something; perhaps we are waiting for our lives to actually begin. Whether that is a career, an end to college, marriage, or something else entirely, I'm not sure.

I didn't get to sleep until late again last night, although this was more due to my active mind and a noisy room than me playing around. I woke up around noon this morning, and again didn't succeed in accomplishing much with my time. I returned a DVD to Blockbuster, cleaned out a fridge and freezer full of very old food, started a few minor but important habits (which I need to continue over the next few days), and made a significant amount of money at work, with a little help from my girlfriend's family.

Right now, I'm planning on heading off to bed in a few minutes. I have to work tomorrow, but I have a number of things I hope to do before I go. That means I'll have to be up at a reasonable hour. Goodnight.

Keep the candle burning...

Today has been a good day so far. Although I couldn't get to sleep last night until probably 2-3am, I managed to get myself up by 9am. I've since gotten a decent amount of work done today, and it's certainly a good sign that I am making progress. Now, I have to manage to keep it up.

I did a load of laundry early, only enough to make sure I was covered for work tonight. I headed down to Radio Shack looking for some CD-RW's and possibly to find out about a HEPA-type air filter. No such luck, my friend and employee of that store wasn't there. I'll have to try again another day. I grabbed a few supplies from Giant, and headed home.

Tim and I also took our broken TV/DVD/VCR to the repair shop. They wanted $45 up front to look at it, and only if we get it repaired there will that money go towards the job. It sucks, but that's how it will be anywhere. So, here's hoping it's not too much to repair, because if it is, it's a $45 loss.

I've spent the last few minutes going through the clothes in my room; that sort of work has to be done before I can even think about doing some of the other things I need to do. I'll probably end up working on that some more tonight.

Guess that's about all I have to say for now. I'm off to work in a few minutes.

I struggle with forward motion...

Hello again. I had and still have every intention of blogging here regularly, but that becomes a little more difficult when I get sick. I've been in bed since about 6:30pm yesterday, and I've been feeling horrible (still coughing, etc) since over a full day before that. What a way to begin this lovely adventure.

It seems no one has yet to visit my site since I started up again. That's ok. I'm sure slowly but surely people will return. If they don't, that's ok too. The readers aren't the point this time.

How have I been doing? Well, aside from being seriously hindered by this cold/flu/whatever I've had, I could have been worse. I spent the early part of Friday with my girlfriend. We went to breakfast, ran some errands, and generally enjoyed spending time together. I made it to the bank later, where among other things, I deposited my $1.41 check from work. Yay for earning a living!

I worked in the evening, as the host. They've decided I'm SOOO good at hosting, that I can just do it every week now! I'm so happy (that's sarcasm)! Well, considering I'm likely to make $40-$50 for about 4 hours of work on Fridays, it's not a horrible deal, and hosting's really not that bad. I could be make more on a Friday night doing something else though.

I had to go right home after work, which I probably wouldn't have done otherwise, because my brother forgot his key and got locked out. So, I had to let him in. I had quite the fit sleeping that night. My coughing got so bad that night, that I actually drove down to Giant around 4:30am to get myself some cough suppressant. The coughing had given me a nasty headache, so I also grabbed some aleeve. I actually slept pretty well the rest of the night.

Deana decided to drop by around noon (semi-unexpectedly), so that's when I finally got up. She came back around 3pm so we could spend some time together before work. This kind of forced me to straighten things up around the apartment. It didn't look too bad by the time she got here. Unfortunately, by then I was really starting to feel sick to my stomach.

We got to work at 5pm, and by 6pm I was finishing my first three tables. It was then that my body decided it was done fighting my stomach. I'll leave it at that. Management let me finish my tables and leave. I came home and immediately went to sleep. "Sleep", here includes waking up every 1-3 hours. I lost the battle with my stomach once more, around 11:30pm. However, after having some toast, I slept pretty well throughout most of the night. It was after 11am before I woke up this morning.

I guess that's about it so far. I don't expect to do anything today, except possibly go to work. I'm not sure if I'm feeling up to it or not, but I've got about another hour or two to figure that out. I've got a lot of stuff to make up for on Monday though.